Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-29
AN ORDERLY ENTERTAINMENT.

i An Athletic Entertainment at in, l Polo Rink Hast Evening-A SucceR, F1nancfaIIy-The Rink Crowded. Eight hundred people responded to tho general invitation ts witness an orderly and fairly conducted entertainment at the polo rink last evening. The full seating capacity of the rink was tested to the utmost, and one
 fact was proven conclusively by the enthusi-
 astic crowd-that clean athletics are not
 dead to public patronage in New Haven.
 The great card of the entertainment of
 course was the appearance of Jack Dempsey.
 the Nonpareil, and victor in over sixty hard
 fought battles. MT. Dempsey holds the
 middle weight championship of the world
 and is undoubtedly phenomenal fighter.
 Before Dempsey made his appearance on the floor several of the lesser lights in the puei- listic arena, well known locally, gave some excellent exhibitions of muscle and science. John Burns of this city, well known among the sporting fraternity, acted as master of ceremonies and gave excellent satisfaction. His decisions met with general approval.
 The entertainment opened with sparring match between two feather weights, Green spuu and Eustiee. Eustice recently broke his arm in ten-round fight near Branford Their exhibition was clever one and showed pOs566S knowledge of the manly art.
 Next came a match between the "Midg- cts, ," in whom the sporting men of the city have taken much interest. The ''Midgets" are two brothers named Marlow who reside in Fair Haven. It was a clever set-to and elicited much applause.
 The master of ceremonies called out after the fMidgets" had finished that Ike Will Hams, of Bridgeport, and Jack Files, of New York, would have 6 three-round set-to. This called forth applause, as Messrs. Williams and Files are well known. It was scien- tifc match and the spectators were hugely pleased as the contestants took their corners for the last round. This was hotly contes- ted and both men showed their metal.
 Martin Dempsey, brother of the noted pugilist was next pitted against John Mott of New York, in collar and elbow match Dempsey is an expert wrestler and found little difficulty in downing Mott twice out of the three contests.
 MT. "Chris'' Gafney is one of the most popular and we'll known of New Haven box CTS. He is an expert with the gloves, but last evening showed how finely he could swing clubs. He is one of the best club swingers in the State and pleased the spec tators hugely, who gave him fair share of applause.
 John Reilly and Martin Dempsey had set-to, during which his brother, the cham pion, took the floor to spar three rounds each with John Files, Dennis Costigan and Thomas Donahue. Dempsey was greeted with prolonged applause. In appearance the noted fighter is very deceiv- ing. He might be taken for dominic by those not acquainted with him. He has a superb physique. The fame that Dempsey had gained in the prize ring rendered his re- ception 8 most hearty and warm one and the young men of sporting proclivities nearly went wild with enthusiasm over his scientific sparring. Dennis Costigan, his intimate friend, with whom he spared last evening, is superb handler of the gloves and his quick and scientific work called forth ap- plause